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I WARDROBE HOOK. No. 296,696. Patent ed Apr. a, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. KUHLMAN, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

WARDROBE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,696. dated April 8, 1884-.

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To all? whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. KUHLMAN, acitizen of the United States. residing at Richmond, in the county of VV-ayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WardrobeHooks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of wardrobe-hooks used for hanging up garments.

My invention. consists in making the arm of the hook movable, and in providing the same with aspring. to hold the same in position and to restore it to a vertical from a horizontal position.

In the drawingaFigure 1 is a rear elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the arm in both vertical and horizontal. position. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the cap which covers the recess in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 1, a represents a metallic plate, octagonal inits outlineforin, having a rectilinear chamber, 13, in its center, and provided with holes for screws to secure it to a wall. I) is a hinged arm attached to a shaft, 0, at right angles at one end, and terminating in a curved form at the other. mounted with a hemispherical button, m. The shaft 0 has its end bearings in the shoulders of the chamber 11, and is bedded in'said chamber to the extent, or nearly so, of its diameter. Acoiled spring, 6. is placed around one end of the shaft 0, one end of which is held by a groove in the side of the chamber i, while the other end is attached to the shaft 0. The action of this spring is to hold the arm I; in a vertical position parallel with the face of the plate a when not in use, and to restore it to that position after being brought down in use, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 3, 1 represents a cap intended to cover the chamber '5, and having a semicircular concave, c, to fit over the shaft 0, and allow the cap to fit the opening of the chamber t, flush with the face of the same.

Having thus fully described my improvement, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A wardrobe-hook composed of the plate a, arm I), shaft 0, and spring e, constructed and operating in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. KUHLMAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. RoBBINs, W. T. DENNIS. 

